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Sympathy for The Devil

Commander / EDH Aggro Lifegain Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Tokens Vampires

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Creature (35)

Land (37)

Enchantment (4)

Commander (1)

Commander: foil Edgar Markov

Artifact (9)

Instant (8)

Sorcery (5)

Planeswalker (1)

Deck Title:

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

Please allow me to introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste

I've been around for a long, long year

Stole many a man's soul and faith

I was 'round when Jesus Christ

Had his moment of doubt and pain

Made damn sure that Pilate

Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name

But what's puzzlin' you

Is the nature of my game

Stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was a time for a change

Killed the Tsar and his ministers

Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank, held a general's rank

When the blitzkrieg raged

And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guess my name, oh yeah

Ah, what's puzzling you

Is the nature of my game, ah yeah

I watched with glee (whoo-hoo)

While your kings and queens (whoo-hoo)

Fought for ten decades (whoo-hoo)

For the gods they made (whoo-hoo)

I shouted out (whoo-hoo)

"Who killed the Kennedy's?" (whoo-hoo)

When after all (whoo-hoo)

It was you and me (whoo-hoo)

Let me please introduce myself (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

I'm a man of wealth and taste (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

And I laid traps for troubadours (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Who get killed before they reach Bombay (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Pleased to meet you (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Hope you guess my name, oh yeah (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

But what's puzzlin' you (whoo-hoo)

Is the nature of my game, ah yeah (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Get down, damn it

Pleased to meet you (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Hope you guess my name, oh yeah (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

But what's confusing you (whoo-hoo)

Is just the nature of my game, mm yeah (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Just as every cop is a criminal (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

And all the sinners saints (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

'Cause I'm in need of some restraint (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

So if you meet me, have some courtesy (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Have some sympathy, and some taste (whoo-hoo, woo-hoo)

Use all your well-learned politeness (whoo-hoo, woo-hoo)

Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah (whoo-hoo, woo-hoo)

Pleased to meet you (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Hope you guess my name, oh yeah (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

But what's puzzlin' you (whoo-hoo)

Is the nature of my game, mean it (whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo)

Get down

whoo-hoo

(Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo) oh yeah, get on down

(Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo) oh, yeah yeah

(Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo) aw, yeah! A-tell me, baby

what's my name, tell me, honey

(Whoo-woo, whoo-woo) can ya guess my name, a-tell me, baby

(Whoo-woo, whoo-woo) what's my name, I tell you one time

(Whoo-woo, whoo-woo) you're to blame, ooh

ooh-hoo

(Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo) alright

(Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo) whoo-hoo-hoo, whoo-hoo-hoo

(Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo) whoo-hoo-hoo, oh yeah, whoo-hoo-hoo

whoo-hoo-hoo, oh yeah

(Whoo-woo, whoo-woo) oh, what's my name, a-tell me baby

(Whoo-woo, whoo-woo) what's my name, tell me, sweetie

(Whoo-woo, whoo-woo) a-what's my name, whoo-hoo-hoo

Introduction:

I said above tha i don't need introduction, but i gonna give a explanation how this deck came to be, hahahaha.

I buy a Markov's deck from a friend, it was a more budget friendly build, so i change a bit with cards that i own and buy others little by little.

I always knew how powerful it was, cause a another friend of my have one to, and is a nightmare to deal it, his built is more life gain focus, my is more go wide and pump the army. So i buy in a spur of the moment, but i having a blast with it.

Also the first thing that comes to mind when i was naming this deck is the ending of "Interview with a Vampire". So here it is, a fun vampire tribal deck.

Passages of "Sorin's Homecoming" and "The Lunarch's Journal" From Dark Ascension:

Thousands of years ago, before there were vampires on Innistrad, Edgar Markov was an alchemist in the land that would become Stensia. Famine was sweeping the land, and the old alchemist Edgar searched for a solution that could help the starving families feed themselves. The answer was a brutal one: to undergo a blood ritual that would cause some of the people to feed on blood. It would provide sustenance to those few, reducing demand for the failing crops, but it would also cull the overall population, reducing the number of hungry mouths to feed.

Thus were vampires born on Innistrad.

But Edgar Markov's chilling tale has an even darker truth behind it. The famine was an expedient excuse for Edgar's blood magic, but in truth the aging alchemist was experimenting with ways to achieve agelessness for himself and his only grandson, Sorin. A demon called Shilgengar preyed on Edgar's ambition and whispered secrets that would point the way toward Edgar's blood-feeding experiment. Shilgengar also helped the old man overcome his squeamishness at what must be done. Still, Edgar needed prodding for him to go through with the ritual to create the blood-feeders.

And that's when the famine put him over the edge.

The famine might or might not have been Shilgengar's doing.

Either way, it was the genesis of this world's vampires. With his blood magic experiment, Edgar succeeded at finding a way to extend his own life.

Countless eons ago, Edgar Markov brokered the blasphemy that created his foul race of vampires. With the demon Shilgengar, they devised a formula to transform living men into these monsters that fed upon their own brothers and sisters. The key ingredient was the blood of a living angel...

...Markov and his sons trapped the angel Marycz in his laboratory and exsanguinated her before preparing the unholy decoction that set in motion a cycle of fear and predation that we suffer under today.

The curse of the vampire that we have been trained to fight was created by humans themselves. I had thought us noble, the race that carried the light against our world's evil. Were we worth defending?

Humans were fighting a losing battle. The vampires were simply too powerful, and after generations of multiplication, they had come to nearly outnumber us.

Each battle the vampires won, each human life they took, served to weaken them, whereas our own victories were victories for us both. This war was not between human and vampire. We were allies against a common foe: the vampires' own hunger.

Deck Breakdown:

- The Basics

- Blood is Thicker than Water

Bloodthirsty Conqueror + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Pre-Requisites

Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose on the battlefield.

Have a way to gain life.

Steps

  1. Gain life.
  2. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose triggers, causing an opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. Bloodthirsty Conqueror triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
  4. Repeat from step 2.

Results

Infinite lifegain triggers.

Infinite lifeloss.

Infinite lifegain.

Exquisite Blood + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Pre-Requisites

You have a way to gain life.

Steps

  1. Gain life.
  2. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, causing an opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. Exquisite Blood triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
  4. Repeat from step 2.

Results

Infinite lifegain triggers.

Infinite lifeloss.

Infinite lifegain.

Final Thoghts:

As i already knew it, this deck is very degenerous, it pop off very early and recovers very quickly fro wraths and usuly draws a lot hate so i should expect that sitting to play.

But is a deck tha grew on me, focusing in go wide strategy is in my conffort zone, love the aggressivity. Also the deck makes quite a bit of life, but i don't use any outlets for tha life, i run a few typical combos but don't focus on that.

I always love the vampire asthetic of Magic and the beautiful arts of the cards, one of the reasons i buy the deck. So this is my version of Edgar Markovfoil.

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